What's New

Updated on 2024/07/27 GMT+08:00

The tables below describe the functions released in each Cloud Backup and Recovery version and corresponding documentation updates. New features will be successively launched in each region.

March 2024

No.

Feature

Description

Phase

Document

1

Backup Locking

To prevent the backup data from being deleted by mistake or maliciously, you can enable backup locking for vaults to improve data security. Once enabled, all backups in the vault enter the WORM (write once, read many) status. No one can delete the backups that are in their retention periods.

Commercial use

Enabling Backup Locking

October 2023

No.

Feature

Description

Phase

Document

1

Desktop backup support

You can protect your Workspace desktop data using desktop backup. 

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Purchasing a Desktop Backup Vault

2

Billing document optimization

Integrated information about billing modes, billed items, renewals, and arrears. Added information about bills, stopping billing, and cost management. 

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Billing Overview

August 2023

No.

Feature

Description

Phase

Document

1

Storage data redundancy

CBR allows you to create multi-AZ backup vaults so that your backup data can be stored in multiple AZs of a region. If one AZ becomes unavailable, backup data can still be accessed from other AZs. This feature is suitable for data storage that requires high reliability.

Commercial use

Data Protection

July 2022

No.

Feature

Description

Phase

Document

1

File backup

File backup allows you to back up cloud and on-premises directories and files inexpensively.

Commercial use

What Is File Backup?

2

Periodic Full Backup

CBR now allows you to implement periodic full backups in addition to the initial backup. This further improves backup data security and meets periodic full backup needs.

Commercial use

Creating a Backup Policy

3

CBR Console GUI is upgraded.

  • Font size and color are optimized.
  • Details adjusted.

Commercial use

Method of Access

May 2021

No.

Feature

Description

Phase

Document

1

Migrating a Resource

Migrating a resource means that you dissociate a resource from a vault and then associate it to another vault. All backups of the resource will be migrated to the destination vault.

Commercial use

Migrating a Resource

September 2020

No.

Feature

Description

Phase

Document

1

Exporting backup list

You can export the backup list to view backup information.

Commercial use

Viewing a Backup

May 2020

No.

Feature

Description

Phase

Document

1

Replication of SFS Turbo backups

CBR enables you to replicate file system backups from one region to another. 

Commercial use

Replicating a Backup (Across Regions)

2

Enhanced compatibility of VMware hybrid cloud backup

In addition to VMware vSphere 5.5 and 6.0, CBR allows you to synchronize backups of VMware vSphere 5.1, 6.5 and 6.7 to the cloud.

Commercial use

Application Scenarios of Hybrid Cloud Backup

March 2020

No.

Feature

Description

Phase

Document

1

SFS Turbo backup

You can use CBR to easily back up SFS Turbo file systems. If there is a virus intrusion, accidental deletion, or software or hardware fault, you can restore data to any point in the past when the data was backed up.

Commercial use

Creating an SFS Turbo Backup

September 2019

No.

Feature

Description

Phase

Document

1

Sharing server backups between users

You can share a server backup with other projects. The shared backups can be used to create servers.

Commercial use

Sharing a Backup

July 2019

No.

Feature

Description

Phase

Document

1

Sharing disk backups between users

You can share a disk backup with other projects. The shared backups can be used to create disks.

Commercial use

Sharing a Backup

2

Enhanced backup policy

You can set to retain weekly, monthly, or yearly backups in a backup policy.

Commercial use

Creating a Backup Policy

June 2019

No.

Feature

Description

Phase

Document

1

Support for VMware backup

VMware backup allows you to back up VMs in your on-premises VMware virtual environments to the cloud.

Commercial use

VMware Backup

2

Commercial use of CBR

Cloud Backup and Recovery (CBR) lets you back up cloud-native servers, disks, and file systems as well as on-premises VMware virtual environments with ease. If there is a virus intrusion, accidental deletion, or software/hardware fault, you can restore resources to any point when the data was backed up.

Commercial use

What Is CBR?